Comparison

World Heritage Walking vs Vital

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

World Heritage Walking

Embark on a virtual journey to over 400 World Heritage sites by walking. This app uses your phone's pedometer to track steps, encouraging daily exercise and helping you reach fitness goals. Share your progress and stay motivated with a global community.

Highlights
  • Virtual travel to over 400 World Heritage sites
  • Daily step tracking and calorie counting
  • Set and achieve daily step goals
  • Visualize weekly and monthly step progress
  • SNS integration for sharing and motivation
  • Cloud data management for security
  • Battery-efficient step monitoring
Features
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Introduced in NHK BS1 Walkers TV "The 2nd Kyoto Edition. Featured in the February 2022 issue of “大人のおしゃれ手帖”. World Heritage Walking (Pedometer) is a health care application that works in conjunction with the pedometer on your smartphone or Apple Watch to take you on a World Heritage adventure. More than 400 World Heritage sites are available, and courses are set so that users can achieve "8,000 steps per day. Users can virtually visit World Heritage sites on the map in conjunction with the pedometer at cultural, natural, and composite World Heritage sites around the world. Users set a goal to reach a World Heritage site, so the application encourages walking and helps users get exercise. It may even help you study for the World Heritage Examination! ■ There are over 400 registered World Heritage sites! A total of more than 400 World Heritage sites in Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, Oceania, and North and Central America can be visited on the app. Users can freely select the World Heritage sites they wish to visit. All they have to do is walk with their phone! The app counts the number of steps you take and moves you to your destination. ■ A simple pedometer function is included! You can immediately check the number of steps taken and calories burned in a day! Easily check the number of steps taken, calories burned, distance walked, and time spent in a day. Users can set a target number of steps to see if they are on track to meet their goal. Users can also check their weekly step count on a bar graph or line graph. ■ A step count calendar is also included! Check your monthly step count! You can check the number of steps you have taken each month on the step count calendar. If the target number of steps has been reached, the gauge will be maxed out and a check mark will be added. The number of steps is visualized in an easy-to-understand manner, so you can immediately check if you have achieved your daily step count goal. You can also check the number of steps taken per hour on a bar graph or line graph. ■ Post the results of your daily steps with the SNS function! Keep your motivation up with the "likes" that people give you! Users can post comments when they reach a World Heritage Site. The postings can be viewed and "liked" by users all over the world. Users can see the comments and "likes" and stay motivated to continue walking without getting bored. ■ Data is securely managed in the cloud! User data can be securely managed in the cloud using your Apple or Google account. Even if you delete the app or change the model of your smartphone, you can continue to use the app in the same state as before. ■ Designed to conserve your phone's battery, so you can go out with peace of mind! To reduce battery consumption, the number of steps is not monitored in real time. The number of steps is not monitored even when the app is in the background. The app is designed to acquire the number of steps only when the number of steps is necessary due to user operations while the app is in the foreground, thus reducing the battery consumption of the smartphone. Compared to conventional pedometers, which consume large amounts of battery power, this energy-saving design allows you to use the app with peace of mind. ■ Major World Heritage Sites Mt. Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto Machu Picchu Nazca Terrestrial Paintings Palpa Terrestrial Paintings Tower of London Durham Castle Statue of Liberty Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Henderson Island Gorham Caves Galapagos Islands Angkor Wat Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki Memphis and its Cemetery Ruins Great Sphinx of Kiza Great Pyramid of Kiza Pyramid of King Kafler and more... ■ Others This app uses HealthKit. Information on World Heritage Sites is taken from Wikipedia. Terms of Service: https://whwapp.com/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://whwapp.com/en/privacy.html

About

Vital

Features
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Vital helps you understand the health records already on your Apple devices. Instead of judging every number against a generic average, Vital starts with your own history. It estimates your usual range, reduces the influence of potential outliers, and highlights changes that may be worth noticing. PERSONAL BASELINES See a representative average and usual range based on recent records. Potential outliers remain visible in charts but can be excluded from baseline calculations. TRENDS AND DAILY DETAILS Explore day-by-day charts for sleep, activity, heart, mobility, hearing, nutrition, environmental exposure, mindfulness, body measurements, and other supported Health data. ANALYSIS LAB Compare two metrics on the same day or with a time lag. Vital uses rank correlation on daily changes and checks stability across time periods to reduce misleading relationships caused by shared long-term trends. CONTEXT, NOT A DIAGNOSIS Add an age and reference group to view clearly sourced population context for selected metrics. Personal trends remain separate from published reference data. APPLE WATCH AND LIVE ACTIVITIES Check your latest score and key signals from Apple Watch. When enabled, Live Activities can also show a compact summary on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Watch Smart Stack. SHARE ON YOUR TERMS Create a Stories image, a wide post, or a compact transparent card for Today, Analysis, and Baseline. Images are generated locally and shared only after you choose a destination. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Health data and analysis stay on your device • No account required for health analysis • No advertising or behavioral analytics SDK • No health data sent to GPT or another generative AI service • Health export ZIP and XML imports are processed locally OPTIONAL PRIVATE COMMUNITY Create or join invite-only groups to share only the workout summaries you choose: activity type, date, duration, distance, and Vital Effort. Community accounts and shared summaries use Supabase. Raw HealthKit data, heart rate, sleep, HRV, location, and routes are never uploaded. Vital is a wellness app, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, prevent disease, predict emergencies, or establish causation. Consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical advice.

Screenshots

World Heritage Walking4 screens
Vital4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vital at none against World Heritage Walking's 6. Vital also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. World Heritage Walking sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Vital asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Heritage Walking ships an update monthly, Vital every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
World Heritage Walking versus Vital: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Heritage WalkingVital
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShohei NakagawaRyosuke Akagane

In-app purchases

6 purchases

World Heritage Walking

Subscriptions2
  • PRO(Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • PRO(Annual)$44.991 Year
One-time4
  • Juice$0.99
  • Lunch$2.99
  • Spa$3.99
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  • Dinner$7.99
None

Vital

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Heritage Walking free?
World Heritage Walking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vital free?
Vital is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do World Heritage Walking or Vital have ads?
World Heritage Walking shows ads; Vital does not.
Which is updated more often, World Heritage Walking or Vital?
World Heritage Walking ships an update monthly, and Vital every 3 days. Most recently, World Heritage Walking was updated on November 3, 2026 and Vital on October 31, 2026.

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